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ReplayTV 4000 Series Shares TV Over Net

Posted by Hemos on from the that's-a-lot-of-time dept.

REden writes " ReplayTV announces their ReplayTV 4000 Series networkable PVR. Features include video sharing between LAN attached Replays, sending a show to another Replay over the internet, and automatic commercial skip. Prices start at $700 for a 40 hour unit and max out at $2000 for a 320 hour unit. ReplayTV guide service included. Units are scheduled to ship November 14th." 320 hours. I can't imagine holding on to that much TV - but space is cheap, so, eh, why not?

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  1. Headed for a lawsuit? by FatSean · · Score: 3, Redundant

    This device sounds great! Too great, in fact. You can skip the commercials, then send the shows to people on the internet?! Surely some body will sue this company into oblivion, as their device enables users to enjoy TV without being subjected commercials!

    Maybe I had better buy one before it's too late.

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    Blar.
  2. Digital Cable? by Neon+Spiral+Injector · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This box seems sweet, but I have digital cable and nearly everything I like to watch is in the digital range. I think the that box can control a TV tuner by sending out it's own IR. But that still sucks, digital cable comes to me in MPEG2, it doesn't make sense to convert that to analog and then convert the analog signal back to digital to recompress it.

    Plus why do I have to rent my digital converter box from the cable company, why don't they just standardise the format so we can have digital cable ready TVs, VCRs, and now PVRs.

    The DirectTV people get to have Tivos built into their recievers.

    Blah... My rant for today.